Walmart Inc.
AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF ATTRIBUTE VALUES FOR ITEMS IN AN ITEM CATALOG

Abstract:

A method including building a relevancy model based on items in an item catalog. The method also can include building a title interpreter model based on titles of the items in the item catalog. The method additionally can include retrieving target attribute values that are associated with a target attribute name of a target item in the item catalog. The target attribute values can be received from multiple sources. The method further can include generating a respective relevancy score for each one of the target attribute values using the relevancy model. The method additionally can include generating a respective precision score for the each one of the target attribute values based on the title interpreter model. The method further can include determining a respective weight for the each one of the target attribute values based on the respective relevancy score for the each one of the target attribute values and the respective precision score for the each one of the target attribute values. The method additionally can include selecting a winning attribute value for the target attribute name of the target item from among the target attribute values, based on the respective weights for the target attribute values. Other embodiments are disclosed.